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TABLE 2. SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  2003
Estimate		 2002
Estimate		 2001
Estimate		 2000
Estimate
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
293,116
289,843
281,136 *
281,035 *
Nursery school, preschool
7.49%
6.75%
6.76%
5.83% *
Kindergarten
5.63%
4.96%
4.77% *
5.88%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
40.53%
42.56% *
40.71%
42.23% *
High school grade (grades 9-12)
18.74%
18.82%
19.25%
18.29%
College or graduate school
27.61%
26.91%
28.51%
27.77%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
693,602
684,141 *
683,038 *
665,845 *
Less than 9th grade
2.70%
3.09%
2.51%
2.85%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
8.55%
9.44% *
9.27% *
9.59% *
High school graduate (including equivalency)
27.86%
28.91%
28.30%
28.63%
Some college, no degree
20.22%
20.18%
20.48%
20.74%
Associate degree
6.02%
5.85%
5.93%
5.56%
Bachelor's degree
22.72%
21.40% *
22.27%
21.69%
Graduate or professional degree
11.93%
11.13%
11.24%
10.94% *
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
88.7
87.5 *
88.2
87.6 *
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
34.6
32.5 *
33.5
32.6 *
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
403,244
399,051 *
400,230 *
393,015 *
Never married
34.65%
35.24%
34.71%
35.75%
Now married, except separated
52.04%
50.53%
51.61%
50.58%
Separated
1.47%
1.75%
1.62%
1.72%
Widowed
2.41%
2.06%
1.94% *
1.70% *
Divorced
9.42%
10.42% *
10.13%
10.25%
 
Females 15 years and over
430,020
429,413
432,519 *
426,528 *
Never married
29.01%
30.22% *
29.60%
30.26% *
Now married, except separated
47.30%
44.81% *
46.06%
46.24%
Separated
2.12%
2.74% *
2.47%
2.06%
Widowed
8.08%
8.19%
8.24%
8.28%
Divorced
13.49%
14.03%
13.63%
13.16%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
16,633
17,478
18,488
17,236
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
29.00%
36.34%
37.20% *
37.47% *
Per 1,000 unmarried women
32
40
44 *
41
As a percent of all women with a birth
29.0
36.3
37.2 *
37.5 *
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
56
59
61
57
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
29
46
37
45
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
98
97
103
98
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
24
25
25
19
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
14,865
16,147
17,558
16,051
Responsible for grandchildren
44.63%
42.93%
46.67%
47.03%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
13.39%
17.87%
22.15%
17.23%
1 or 2 years
23.83%
23.37%
24.12%
25.58%
3 or 4 years
20.92%
14.20%
15.00%
21.12%
5 or more years
41.86%
44.56%
38.74%
36.07%
 
Percent who are female
63.3
65.2
64.6
63.1
Percent who are married
68.8
70.0
70.1
70.9
Percent who are in labor force
58.7
60.7
66.7
56.2
Percent who are in poverty
19.7
14.7
11.3
12.8
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
791,273
786,505 *
792,046 *
778,632 *
Civilian veterans
10.14%
11.01% *
11.98% *
11.76% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,049,884
1,048,239
1,034,643 *
1,032,918 *
Same house
82.18%
81.72%
80.71% *
78.18% *
Different house in the U.S.
17.23%
17.84%
18.62% *
20.99% *
Same county
12.86%
13.19%
13.67%
15.50% *
Different county
4.37%
4.65%
4.95%
5.50% *
Same state
2.17%
2.82% *
2.70% *
2.91% *
Different state
2.21%
1.82%
2.25%
2.58%
Abroad
0.59%
0.44%
0.67%
0.83%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,066,886
1,064,708 c
1,049,417 c
1,046,872 c
Native
92.05%
93.02% *
93.09% *
93.46% *
Born in United States
91.40%
92.41% *
92.29% *
92.62% *
State of residence
67.91%
67.66%
66.71% *
67.69%
Different state
23.48%
24.75% *
25.58% *
24.93% *
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
0.65%
0.61%
0.81%
0.84% *
Foreign born
7.95%
6.98% *
6.91% *
6.54% *
Naturalized citizen
30.91%
35.07% *
29.71%
34.32%
Not a citizen
69.09%
64.93%
70.29%
65.68%
Entered 1990 or later
69.01%
63.36%
65.69%
63.29%
Entered before 1990
30.99%
36.64% *
34.31% *
36.71% *
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
84,854
74,311 *
72,471 *
68,445 *
Europe
14.49%
13.46%
15.07%
17.65%
Asia
42.67%
47.62% *
44.03%
44.30%
Africa
22.13%
18.05%
19.22%
17.12%
Oceania
0.11%
0.13%
0.23%
0.99%
Latin America
18.91%
19.45%
19.52%
16.71%
Northern America
1.69%
1.30%
1.94%
3.22% *
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
985,015
981,637 *
974,733 *
969,513 *
English only
89.62%
90.55% *
90.95% *
91.49% *
Language other than English
10.38%
9.45% *
9.05% *
8.51% *
Speak English less than "very well"
5.13%
4.17% *
4.18% *
3.86% *
Spanish
2.96%
2.58% *
2.53% *
2.41% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.58%
1.30% *
1.28% *
1.04% *
Other Indo-European languages
2.55%
2.74%
2.41%
2.97%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.81%
0.70%
0.81%
1.14% *
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
2.88%
2.58%
2.70%
2.01% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.62%
1.54%
1.32% *
1.07% *
Other languages
1.98%
1.55%
1.41% *
1.12% *
Speak English less than "very well"
1.12%
0.62% *
0.77% *
0.61% *
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,066,886
1,064,708 c
1,049,417 c
1,046,872 c
Arab
0.94%
0.82%
0.61%
0.51% *
Czech
0.32%
0.53% *
0.32%
0.48%
Danish
0.21%
0.25%
0.20%
0.22%
Dutch
1.85%
1.83%
2.09%
1.93%
English
10.40%
10.42%
10.80%
10.96%
French (except Basque)
2.52%
2.33%
2.72%
2.65%
French Canadian
0.40%
0.32%
0.21% *
0.30%
German
25.76%
23.64% *
26.11%
25.59%
Greek
0.55%
0.60%
0.63%
0.50%
Hungarian
1.07%
1.22%
0.95%
0.84%
Irish
14.73%
13.59% *
14.82%
13.95%
Italian
5.70%
6.06%
6.07%
5.54%
Lithuanian
0.21%
0.17%
0.10% *
0.30%
Norwegian
0.60%
0.52%
0.52%
0.60%
Polish
2.36%
2.42%
2.53%
2.42%
Portuguese
0.14%
0.11%
0.06% *
0.12%
Russian
0.91%
0.91%
0.78%
1.09%
Scotch-Irish
2.39%
1.89% *
2.24%
1.95%
Scottish
2.26%
2.26%
2.22%
1.97%
Slovak
0.40%
0.43%
0.43%
0.55%
Subsaharan African
2.18%
1.43% *
1.32% *
1.35% *
Swedish
0.70%
0.74%
0.75%
0.71%
Swiss
0.44%
0.50%
0.62% *
0.56%
Ukrainian
0.28%
0.23%
0.30%
0.30%
United States or American
6.38%
7.19% *
7.34% *
7.89% *
Welsh
1.84%
1.76%
1.85%
1.55% *
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.15%
0.12%
0.16%
0.27%
 
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Footnotes

The profile universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '-' entry in an Estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
2. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
3. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
4. An 'N' entry in an Estimate column indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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